25th Congress, 
2d Session. 



REPORT 

FROM 

THE SECRETARY OF WAR, 

IN COMPLIANCE 

With a resolution of the Senate of the \Mh instant, transmitting the 
official report of the action of the 2hih December, 1837, with the Semi- 
nole Indians. 



February 21, 1838. 

Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. 



Department of War, 

February 20, 1838. 

Sir: In obedience to the resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, I 
have the honor to transmit, herewith, a copy of Colonel Taylor's official re- 
port of the action of the 25th of December" last, between the troops under 
his command and the Seminole Indians. 

As it has been supposed that some expressions contained in that report 
cast unmerited censure upon the Missouri volunteers, I avail myself of the 
occasion to remove so erroneous an impression. The patriotic feelings 
which led these brave men to volunteer their services in Florida, and to 
leave their homes to engage in a campaign against the Indians, were 
duly appreciated by the President and by this department ; and. in their 
opinion, the pledge thus given to the country has been amply redeemed. 
The fact that they broke and retired in disorder under the murderous fire 
of an enemy as advantageously posted as if they had been behind regular 
entrenchments, is not stated to disparage the character or the efforts of the 
young soldiers. The heavy loss they sustained, in killed and wounded, 
affords sufficient proof of the firmness with which they advanced upon the 
enemy under a galling fire. It was not expected that their unaided efforts 
could drive the enemy from his strong hold; and the gallant manner in 
which they led the attack contributed, no doubt, to the success of the day. 
I may be permitted to say that no blame can rightly be attached to the gal- 
lant officer who commanded the troops on that occasion, for placing the 
volunteers in the front rank of the action. The enemy occupied a position 
that could not be turned, and from which he could only be driven by the 
utmost efforts of the regular forces. The task of storming such defences 
could not be intrusted to the volunteers; nor would an experienced officer 
rely upon irregular troops to form the reserve, as on the steady conduct of 
this force, the fate of the action often depends; and on all occasions, it is, or 
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ought to be. composed of the choicest and best disciplined troops of the 
army. If, therefore, the volunteers were to be brought into action at all, 
they were plactd where alone they could do good service by commencing 
the action as skirmishers: and their conduct, on that occasion, w as all that 
could be expecte d from undisciplined troops, who, lor the first time, find 
themselves in so trying a situation. • 

Very respectfully, 

Your most obedient servant, 

J. K. POIPNSETT. 

Hon. R. M. Johnson, 

President of the /Senate, 



Head Quarters, First Brigade, 

Army south of the Withlucoochee, Florida, 

Fort Gardner, January 4, 1838. 

Sir : On the 19th ultimo, I received, at this place, a communication from 
Major General Jesup, informing me that all hopes of brin^ino; the war to a 
close by negotiation, through the interference or mediation of the Cherokee 
delegation, was at an end, Sam Jones, with the Mickasukies, havino- de- 
termined to fight it out to the last; and directing me to proceed, with the 
least possible delay, against any portion of the enemy I might hear of within 
striking distance, and to destroy or capture him. 

After leaving two officers and an adequate force for the protection of my 
depot, I marched the next morning, with twelve days' rations, (my means of 
transportation not enabling me to carry more,) with the balance of my com- 
mand, consisting of Captain Munroe's company of the 4th artillery, total 
35 men ; the first infantry, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Da- 
venport, 197 strong; the 4th infantry, under the command of Lieutenant 
Colonel Foster, 274 ; the 6th infantry, under Lieutenant Colonel Thompson 
221; the Missouri volunteers, 180; and Morgan's spies, 47 ; pioneers, 30 • 
pontoneers, 13, and 70 Delaware Indians ; making a force, exclusive of offi- 
cers, of 1,032 mem The greater part of the Shawnees having been de- 
tached, and the balance refusing to accompany me, under the pretext that a 
number of them were sick, and that the remainder were without moccasins. 

1 moved down the west side of the Kissimmee, in a southeasterly course* 
towards Lake Istopoga, for the following reasons : 1st, because I knew that 
a portion of the hostiles were to be found in that direction ; 2d, if General 
Jesup should foil in with the Mickasukies, and drive them, they mio-ht at- 
tempt to elude him by crossing the Kissimmee, from the east to the west 
side of the peninsula, between this and its entrance into Okeechobee in 
which case I might be near at hand to intercept them ; 3d, to overawe and 
induce such of the enemy, who had been making propositions to give them- 
selves up, and who appeared very slow, if not to hesitate, in complying with 
their promises on that head, to surrender at once ; and^ lastly, 1 deemed it 
advisable to erect block houses and a small picket work on the Kissimmee 
for a third depot, some forty or fifty miles below this, and obtain a know- 
ledge of the intervening country, as I had no guide who could be relied 
on, and by this means open a communication with Colonel Smith, who was 
operating up the Caloosahatchee, or Sanybel river, under my orders. 



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Late in the evening of the first day's march, I met the Indian chief Jump- 
er, with his family and a part of his band, consisting of 15 men, a part of 
them with families, and a few negroes, in all 63 souls, on his way to give 
himself up, in conformity to a previous arrangement I had entered into with 
him ; they were conducted by Captain Parks and a few Shawnees. He ( Parks) 
is an active, intelligent half-breed, who is at the head of the friendly Indians, 
both Shawnees and Delawares, and who I had employed to arrange, and 
bring in Jumper, and as many of his people as he could prevail on to come 
in.i i We encamped that night near the same spot ; and the next morning, 
having ordered Captain Parks to join me and take command of the Dela- 
ware?^ and having despatched Jumper in charge of some Shawnees to this 
place, and so on to Fort Fraser, I continued my march, after having sent 
forward three friendly Seminoles to gain intelligence as to the position of 
the enemy. 

% About noon on the same day, I sent forward one battalion of Gentry's 
regiment, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Price, to pick up any 
stragglers that might fall in his way ; to encamp two or threa miles in ad- 
vance of the main force, to act with great circumspection, and communicate 
promptly any occurrence that might take place in his vicinity, important 
for me to know. About 10 o'clock, P. M. I received a note from the colo- 
nel, stating that the three Seminoles sent forward in the morning had returned; 
that they had been at or near where Alligator had encamped, 12 or 15 miles 
in his advance ; that he (Alligator) had left there with part of his family four 
days before, under the pretext of separating his relations. &c. from the 
Mickasukies, preparatory to his surrendering with them ; that there were 
several families remaining at the camp referred to, who wished to give 
themselves up, and would remain there until we took possession of them, 
unless they were forcibly carried off that night by the Mickasukies, who 
were encamped at no great distance from them. 

In consequence of this intelligence, after directing Lieutenant Colonel 
Davenport to follow me early in the morning with the infantry, a little after 
midnight I put myself at the head of the balance of the mounted men, join - 
«d Lieutenant Colonel Price, proceeded on, crossing Istopaga outlet, and soon 
after daylight took possession of the encampment referred to, where I found 
the inmates, who had not been disturbed. They consisted of an old man and 
two young ones, several women and children, amounting in all to twenty- 
two individuals. The old man informed me that Alligator was very anx- 
ious to separate his people from the Mickasukies, who were encamped on 
the opposite side of the Kissimmee, distant about twenty miles, where they 
would fight us. I sent him to Alligator, to say to him, if he was sincere in 
his professions, to meet me the next day at the Kissimmee, where the trail I 
' was marching on crossed, and where I should halt. 

As soon as the infantry came up, I moved on to the place designated, which 
I reached late that evening, and where I encamped; about 11 o'clock, P. M., 
! the old Indian returned, bringing a very equivocal message from Alligator, 
! whom he stated he had met accidentally ; also, that the Mickasukies were 
| still encamped where they had been for some days, and where they were 
determined to fight us. 

I determined at once on indulging them as soon as practicable. Accor- 
dingly, the next morning, after laying out a small stockade work for the 
protection of a future depot, in order to enable me to move with the greatest 
celerity, I deposited the whole of my heavy baggage, including artillery, 



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&c. ; and, having provisioned the command, to include the 26th, after 
leaviDg Capt. Munroe with his company, the pioneers, pontoneers, with 
eighty- five sick and disabled infantry, and a portion of the friendly Indians, 
who alleged that they were unable to march further, crossed the Kissirm 
mee, taking the old Indian as guide, who had been captured the day before ? 
and who accompanied us with great apparent reluctance, in pursuit of the 
enemy, and early the next day reached Alligator's encampment, situated 
on the edge of a cabbage tree hammock, in the midst of a large prairie; 
from the appearance of which, and other encampments in the vicinity, and 
the many evidences of slaughtered cattle, there must have been several 
hundred individuals. 

At another small hammock, at no great distance from Alligators encamp- 
ment, and surrounded by a swamp, impassable for mounted men, the spies 
surprised an encampment, containing one old man, four young men, and 
some women and children. One of the party immediately raised a white 
flag, when the men were taken possession of and brought across the swamp 
to the main body. ] proceeded with an interpreter to meet them. They 
proved to be the Seminoles, and professed to be friendly. They stated that 
they were preparing to come in. They had just slaughtered a number of 
cattle, and were employed in drying and jerking the same. They also 
informed me that the Mickasukies, headed by A-bi-a-ka, (Sam Jones.) were 
some ten or twel ve miles distant, encamped in a swamp, and were prepared 
to fight. 

Although I placed but little confidence in their professions of friendship^ 
or their intentions of coming in, yet I had no time to look up their women 
and children, who had fled and concealed themselves in the swamp, or to 
have encumbered myself with them in the situation in which I then was. 

Accordingly, I released the old man, who promised that he would collect 
all the women and children, and take them in to Captain Monroe at the 
Kissimmee the next day. I also dismissed the old man who had acted as 
guide thus far, supplying his place with the four able warriors who had 
been captured that morning. 

These arrangements having been made, I moved under their guidance 
for the camp of the Mickasukies, between 2 and 3, P. M. We reached a 
very dense cypress swamp, through which we were compelled to pass, and 
in which, our guides informed us, we might be attacked. After making the 
necessary dispositions for battle, it was ascertained that there was no enemy 
to oppose us. The army crossed over and encamped for the night, it being 
late. During the passage of the rear, Capt. Parks, who was in advance 
with a few friendly Indians, fell in with two of the enemy's spies, between 
two ov three miles of our camp, one on horseback, the other on foot, and 
succeeded in capturing the latter. He was an active young warrior, armed 
; with an excellent rifle, fifty balls in his pouch, and an adequate proportion 
of powder. This Indian confirmed the information which had previously 
been received from the other Indians j and, in addition, stated that a large 
body of the Semmoles, headed by John Go^hia, Co-a-coo-chee, and no doubt 
Alligator, with other chiefs, were encamped five or six miles from us, near 
the Mickasukies, with a cypress swamp and dense hammock between them 
mnd the latter. 

The army moved forward at daylight the next morning, and after march- 
ing, five or six miles, reached the camp of the Seminoles on the border of 
another, cypress swamp, : which must have contained several hundreds, and 



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bore e-ident traces of having been abandoned in a great hurry, as the fires 
w^shU ruing, and quantities of beef lying on the ground ~nmeffi 
e the troopTwereV disposed./ m order of 



Here 
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sre trie troops weie agai« uu P ™ «. — ■- ■ . 1t , M 

aemv to oppose ns, and the command was crossed over about 11 A. m., 
vvhe weCeTed a large prairie in Our front, on winch two or three inutd red 
head of cattle were grazing, and a number of Indian pomes. Here anotner 
yonna Indian, warrior was captured, armed and equipped as the former 
L ooin.ed out a dense hammock on our right, about a nu e d«unt, in 
wMfch he sa;d the hostiles were situated, and waiting to give us battle. 

A? this place the final disposition was made to attack them which n 
two lines- the volunteers under Gentry and Morgan's spies to foim the hr,. 
itie hi emended order, who were instructed to enter the .hammock , midm 
the event of bein<r attacked and hard pressed, were to fall back in tne tear 
of thenar troops, °™ of ™ ch of the enemy's fire. The secon 
was comoosed of the 4th and 6th infantry, who were instructed to sustain 
the volunteers, the 1st infantry being held in reserve. 

Moving on in the direction of the hammock, after proceeding aoout a quar- 
ter of a mile, we reached the swamp which separated us from the enemy, 
hreiLrths of a mile in breadth, being totally hmpassabde , ferhorag and 
nearly so ior foot, covered with a thick growth ot sawgrass five feet high, and 
about knee deep in mud and water, which extended to the left as far as the 
eve could reach, and to the right to a part of the swamp and hummock we 
hid ju t crossed through which ran a deep creek. At the edge o ^ ™p 
all t«.e men we e dismounted, and the horses and baggage left under a 
suitable gu.orli: Captain Allen was detached with the two companies ol 
ntedlnfantrv to examine the swamp and hammock to the right, and m 
™e e should not find the enemy in that direction, was to return to the 
baggie, and in the event of his hearing a heavy filing, was immediately 

^SLV^kino- these arrangements, I crossed the swamp, in the order 
stated On reaching the borders of the hammock, the volunteers and 
spies received a heavy fire from the enemy, which was returned by them 
fo a s m t time, when their gallant commander, Colonel Gentry, fell, 
mortally wounded; they mostly broke, and instead of forming in rear of 
u£ Wulars as had been directed, they retired across the swamp, to their 
b-xo-vio and horses, nor could they be again brought into action as a body, 
afe6u4 efforts were made repeatedly by my staff to induce them to do sc. 

Tiie'ensmv. however, were promptly checked and driven back by tne 
4th and 6ih infantry, which, in truth, might be said to be a moving battery , 
the weiu-ht of the enemy's fire w is principally concentrated on five com- 
pahies of the 6th infantry, which not only stood firm but continued to 
advahee until .heir o-allant commander, Lieut. Colonel Thompson, and his 
adinta.it LienteUatU Centre, were killed, and every officer, with one excep- 
tion as well as most of the no , co nmissioned officers including the ser- 
vant m.ior, and four of the orderly sergeants, killed and wounded of those 
companies; when that portion of the regiment retired a short distance 
ami were again formed, one of the companies having but four men left 

"ll'eut ^Colonel Foster, with six companies, amounting in all to 160 men 
gained the ham nock- in good order, where he was joined by Captain ISoe , 
with the two rem fining companies of the fith infantry, and Captain Gillam, 
of Gentry's volunteers, with'a few additional men, and continued to drive 



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the enemy for a considrable time, and by a change of front separated his 
Ime and continued to drive him until he reached the great I Lake Okee- 
chobee, which was in rear of the enemy's position, and on which iheir 
encampment extended for more than a mile. As soon as I was informed 
that Captain Alien was advancing, I ordered the l*t infantry to move to tl e 
left, gain the enemy's right flank, and turn it, which order was executed in 
the promptest manner possible; and as soon as that regiment c 0t in posi- 
tion, the enemy gave one fire and retreated, being pursued by the 1st 4th 
and bth, and some of the volunteers, who had joined them, mitii "near 
night, and until these troops were nearly exhausted, and the enemy driven 
in all directions. y 

r Th o 6 ?» Ct |? n WaS a Severe one ' and continued from half past 12, until 
after 3, P. M., a part of the time very close and severe. We suffered much 
having twenty-six killed, and one hundred and twelve wounded, amen- 
whom are some of our most valuable officers. The hostiles probably suf- 
fered, all things considered, equally with ourselves, they havino- left ten 
dead on the ground besides, doubtless, carrying off many morels is cus- 
tomary with them, when practicable. 

As soon as the enemy were completely broken, I turned my attention to 
taking care of the wounded. To facilitate their removal to 'my ba^e 
where I had ordered an encampment to be formed, I directed Captain' 
Taylor to cross over to the spot, and employ every individual which he 
might find there, m constructing a small foot- way across the swamp This 
with great exertions, was completed in a short time after dark, when all the 
dead and wounaed were carried over in litters made for that purpose with 
brfo e und Pti ° D; a pnVat ° ° f th * infantr 7' who was killtd and could not 
And here 1 trust I may be permitted to say, that 1 experienced one of 
the most trying scenes of my life, and he who could have looked on it 
with indifference, his nerves must have been very differently oiPamzc d 
from my own Besides the killtd, among whom were some of my personal 
lriends, there lay one hundred and twelve wounded officers ai d soldiers 
who had accompanied me 145 miles, most of the way throuoh an unex- 
plored wilderness, without guides, who had so gallantly beat' the enemy 
under my orders, in his strongest position, and who had to be conveyed* 
back, througn swamps and hammocks, from whence we set out wilbout 
any apparent means of doing so. This service, however, was encountered 
and overcome, and they have been conveyed thus far, and proceuicd on 
to Tampa Bay, on rude litters constructed with the axe and knife alone 
with poles and dry hides, the latter being found in great abundance at the* 
encampment of the hostiles. The litters were conveyed on the hacks of our 
weak and tottering horses, aided by the balance of the command with 
more ease and comfort to the sufferers than I could have supposed and 
with as much as they could have been in ambulances of the most anm'cved 
and modern construction. n ' 

The day after the battle we remained at our encampment, ocenpird in 
taking care or the wounded, and in the sad offices of interring the de id • 
also in preparing litters for the removal of the wounded, and eUU ctluv 
with a portion of the mounted men, the burses and cattle in the vioinitv' 
belonging to the enemy, of which we found about one hundred of ihe 
former, many of them saddled, and near three hundred of the latter 
We left our encampment on the morning of the 27th. for the Kissim 



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wee, where I had left my heavy baggage, which place we reached about 
noil ou the 2Slh. After leaving two companies and a few ■ Indians to 
g so the stockade, which I .bund nearly complied on my return by 
fhat active and vigilant officer, Captain Monroe, 4th artillery « there 
the next morning* for tins place, where 1 arrived on the 31*, and ^sen 
forward the wounded next d y to Tampa Bay, with the 4th a, d O h ra 
fautry the former to halt at Port Fraser, remaining here myself with the 
Is no der to make preparations for taking the field again as soon as my 
horses ,-an be recruited, most of winch have been sent to larapa, and n.y 
supplies in a sufficient stale of forwardness to justify the measure. 

In speaking of the command, I can only say, that so ar as he ^regular 
imps are concern, d, no one could havebeen moreeffictentlysustan i ; d urn I 
have been from the commencement of the campaign, and I am ce rh in hat 
they will always be willing and ready to discharge any duty that may be 

"•^tie—it Colonel Davenport, and the officers and soldiers of the 
first infantry. I feel under many obligations, for J™^"^'^^ 
have on all occasions discharged their duty ; and although he « in « sen ve 
and not brought into battle until near its close, ,t evinced, by its 
to en-an-e. and the promptness and good order with which they entered the 
hammock, when .he' order was gi ven for them to do so, is the bes evidence 
that they would have sustained their own characters, as well as hat of he 
regiment, had it been their fortune to have been placed in the hottest of the 

"""The 4th infantry, under their sallant leader, Lieutenant Colon,! Foster 
was among the first to gain the hammock, and maintain this position.^ 
well as driving a portion of the enemy before him, unul he arrived on he 
borders of Lake Okeechobee, which was in their rear, and continued Jhe 
pursuit until near night. Lieutenant Colonel Foster, who was f«orably 
noticed for his gallantry and good conduct in nearly all the engagements 
on the Niagara frontier during the late war with Great Bntuin by !.u.»««d 
commander,, as well as in the different engagements with the Ind ans m this 
Territory, never acted a more conspicuous part than in the act.ou ot the 
25ih ultimo. He speaks in the highest tonus of the conduct of Brevet Major 
Graham, his second in command, as also the officers and solars of the 
fourth infantry, who were engaged in the action. Captain Allen, with l is two 
mounted companies of the 4th infantry, sustained Ins usual character for 
promptness and efficiency. Lieutenant Hooper, of the 4 h regiment w* S 
wounded through the arm, but cm.ti.raed in the field, at the head of his 
company, until the termination of the battle. 

I am not sufficiently master of words to express ray admiration of he 
gallantry and steadiness of the officers and soldiers of the 6th ^ 
infantry. It was their fortune to bear the brunt of the battle. 1 he , report 
of the killed and wounded which accompanies this is mnrtf conclusive 
evidence of their merits than anything I can say. After five companies 
of this raiment, a-ainst which the enemy directed the most deadly fire, we.e 
nearly cut up. there being only four men left uninjured in one of , hem, and 
every offiter and orderly "serg-ant of those companies, with one exception, 
Kelehher killed or won ided. Captain Noel, with the remaining two 
coluoanies, his own company <■ K." and Grossmen's, » B," commanded by Se- 
cond Lie-t enant Woods which was the left of the regiment, formed on ti e 
T X of the 4th infantry, entered the hammock with that regiment, and 



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continued !he fight and the pursuit until its termination. It is due to Can 

of the 27 EH* f ?ff ' C0 " SiS 'l5 g 0f ,M lieutenant, Quartermaster Hill 

a d de-camp fo I W r/r ^ ^ Griffi "' 6 '" ^"'^ * he 1 ' " 
staff ! t; P ? m / aI G, "" es ' and a volunteer in Florida, from his 

with' vh h efl SSS^r '° r , pi01tl P ,!,eSS alld 

Je : „ p joined ,, ALo„V SLM^c^ n VlHS 
him dr/^glhelet, " g ig °" ler ,mF ° mnt dulles which were assigned 
by ass.stant surgeons McLaren and Sim, son, of the mE ' Vrfl 

nffiS 6 ,5 n . !,rte J; m « s ^ department, under the direction of that efficient 
ffct. ; 1J01 ' ?!T' m,d h,s aFsistallt - lieutenant Bahhi.t. have done eve I 
thing that could he accomplished to throw forward from twfev . Id 
keep up suppl.es of provisions, forage, &c., with the limhed Sr* y ,faS 



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disposal; assistant commissaries, Lieutenants Harrison, stationed at Fort 
Gardner and McClure. at Fort Fraser, have folly. met my expectations to 
disSaro-e of the various duties connected with their department, as well as 
t hose assigned them in the quartermaster's department. 

This column, in six weeks, penetrated 150 miles into the enemy s coun- 
trv opened roads, and constructed bridges and causeways, when necessary, 
on the^ eater poinion of the route, established two depots, and the necessary 
defence^ for th'e same, and finally overtook and beat the enemy in his strong 
est position. The results of which movement and battle have>en Jhe 
captnreofthirtyofthehosti^ 

lSOIndiansandnegroe^mostlytheformersmcludingthechiefr 
Tus-ta-nua-gee. and other principal men; the capturing anddnvingout of the 
country, 600 head of cattle, upwards of 100 head of horses ; bes,des obtain- 
ing a thorough knowledge of the country through which we operated, a 
gr^e portion of which was entirely unknown, except to the enemy, 
Lionel Gentry died a few hours after the battle, much regrette d by the 
army, and will be, doubtless, by all who knew him, as lus State d.d not con- 
tain a braver man or better citizen. ; m „„ rhn . 
It is due to his rank and talents, as well as to his long and, imborteni 
services, that I particularly mention Lieutenant Colonel A. R. 1 hon mm, 
of the 6th infantry, who fell in the discharge of his duty, at the bead of h s 
regiment. He was in feeble health, brought on by exposure to *iscl«Wte 
during the past summer, refusing to leave the country while his regime^ 
continued in it. Although he received two balls from the fire of the enemy 
early in the action, which wounded him severely, yet he appeared <o disre- 
gard them, and continued to give his orders with the same coolness that he 
would have done had his regiment been under review, or any other parade 
duty. Advancing, he received a third ball, which at once deprived him ot 
life. - His last words were, « keep steady men, charge the bafflroock-iemem- 
ber the regiment to which you belong." I had known Colonel Then P«> 
personally only for a short time, and the more I knewof him, the mm e l wished 
to know, and had his life been spared, our acquaintance, no doiM would 
have ripened into the closest friendship. Under such circumstances, there 
are but few if any other than his bereaved wife, mother, and sisters l wig 
more deeply and sincerely lament his loss, or who will longer cheush Ins 

memory, than myself. 4 • j. , . j- , 

Captain Van Swearengen, Lieutenant Brooke, and Lieutenant and Adju- 
tant Center, of the same 'regiment, who fell on that day, had no superiors ot 
their years in service and in point of chivalry, and ranked among the lust in 
the army or nation. Besides their pure and disinterested courage they pos- 
| sessed other qualifications, which fitted them to fill the higher grades of their 
1 profession, which, no doubt, they would have attained and adorned, had 
their lives been spared. The two former served with me on another ardu- 
ous and trying campaign, and on every occasion, whether in the camp, on 
the march, or in the field' of battle, discharged their various duties to my 

entire satisfaction. 

I have the honor to be, sir, with great respect, 

Your most obedient servant, 

Z. TAYLOR, 
Colonel Commanding. 

To Brig. Gen. R. Jones, 

'Adjutant General U. S: Army, 

Washington, D. C. 



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NAMES of killed and wounded in the engagement of (he 25lh of Decern 
her, 1837, with the Indians at Lake Okeechobee, Florida. 



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U 



Names and rank. 



1 




I 




1 




1 


A 


1 


A 


3 


A 


1 




3 


F 


1 


F 


2 


F 


5 


F 


8 


F 


9 


F 


1 


G 


1 


G 


2 


G 


4 


G 


3 


G 


6 


G 


9 


G 


11 


G 


I 


H 


3 


H 



First regiment of infantry, commanded by Lieut. Colonel William 
Davenport. 

Wood, quartermaster sergeant - 
Powell, musician - 

Philips and Wilson, privates, of "F" - - - - 



Total first infantry 



Fourth regiment of infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel 
Foster. 

J. Hooper, first lieutenant - 
Lutz and Stewart, privates - 
Averell, Harney, and Eves, privates 
Mahony and Dunning, privates - 
Shipley and Griffith, privates - 
Willis and Johnson, privates - 
Carr, Coleborn, and Hannah, privates - 
Falway, private - - - 
Shumard, private - 
O'Bannon, first sergeant - 
Dougherty and Drager, privates - 
Atkins and Whitman, privates - 



Total fourth infantry 



Sixth regiment of infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel 
A. R. Thompson. 

Alexander R. Thompson, lieutenant colonel 
John P. Center, adjutant - - 
S I eephack, sergeant major 

Bell, private - - - - ■ — 

Aliworth, corporal - 

Russell, McGillon, and Howard, privates 

J. Van Swearin°;en, captain 

Banks,- McDonough, and Swift, privates 

Beerman, first sergeant - 

Cunningham and Driske, privates - 

Dermody, Holmes, and Kelly, privates - 

Laura, McPherson, and Snow, privates - 

Stanley and Dakes, privates - - - 

William Walker, second lieutenant 

Wakefield, first sergeant - 

Allen and Cushman, privates 

GofFney and Winnecke, privates - 

Barnet, Ball, and Van Buren, privates - 

Dun. Lushcra, and Griffiths, privates 

Gibson, Harley, and Kennesy, privates - 

Hohan and Haganier, privates - - - 

Francis J. Brooke, first lieutenant 

Daniels, Foster, and Haddock, privates - 



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NAMES OF KILLED AND WOUNDED-Contmued. ' 



a 

8 . 


1 

Company. 1 


Names and rank. 


Killed. 


Wounded. 


1 

3 
6 
9 
11 
1 
1 
1 
3 

Q 

7 
1 
1 
1 

3 
3 


H 
H 
H 

H 
H 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

T 
1 

K 
K 
K 
K 


Sixth regiment of infantry— -Continued. 
Kipp, corporal 

Keefer , Moran, and Shaw, privates - I 

Curtis, Mahon, and McKay, privates - ... 
Rogers and McDonald, privates - - 
George Andrews, captain 
J- odd, first sergeant 

Harris, private - ~ 
Mr5> W p S( ! n ' and Delaney, privates - 
PrpS ' ° rter ' and Connaday, privates 
r rest), private - . . 

Herameigs, corporal 
W re ford, first sera-pant 
bechance, corporal - 

Murtough Bing, and Hodges, privates - " 
Kearney, Slater, and Rose, privates 


- 

1 
1 

3 


1 

3 

3 
3 
2 
1 

3 
3 
1 
1 
I 
I 

3 






Total sixth infantry 


20 


55 


1 


D 


Mounted inf entry, commanded by Captain G. W. Allen ■fourth 
infantry. 

Little, private 




1 


1 
1 
2 
3 
5 
1 
1 
1 
2 
5 
I 
1 

3 
1 
2 
! 


1 

1 

3 

3 

3 
•> 

it 

3 
4 
4 
5 
5 
7 
7 

9 . 


Missouri volunteers, commanded by Colonel Richard Gentry. 

Richard Gentry, colonel - 
R. H. Geniry, sergeant major 
iaylor and Drinkard, corporals - 
Carman, Warson, and Harker, privates - 
Wilkinson and Cottle, privates - 
Vanlandinghum, lieutenant 

Martin, first sergeant . ' 
Simmons, private - 

Ballinger and Wilkinson, privates " 

whK bugS Y' and ? 0Utliar 5 P nrates - 

Clarke, private - . . " ~ 
James Childs, captain * 

Beajley Davis and Powers, privates - 
C. B. Rodgers, lieutenant . 
Parrot and Raphe], privates 
Jacobs, private 


- 
1 


I 
1 

o 

3 
o 

1 

1 

2 
3 

1 
1 
3 
1 
o 

1 




i 


Total Missouri volunteers - I 


I 


26 







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NAMES OP KILLED AND WOUNDED— Continued. 





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V 

2 

a 

% 


Com par 


Names and rank. 

... 


Killed. 


s 

O 






Battalion of spies, commanded by 






1 
2 
1 
1 

1 

2 
3 




Sconce, acting major ------ 

Hase and Gordon, lieutenants ----- 

Stanley, corporal - - - - 
Ramley, private - - 
Hudgins and Neal, privates 
Elliotf, private - 


1 
I 


1 

2 
1 

2 
1 






Total spies - 


2 


7 



GEO. H. GRIFFIN, 

JF^rs^ Lieutenant sixth infantry, acting Assistant Adjutant General, 



Z. TAYLOR, Commanding 



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